New Delhi: The Ministry of Civil Aviation has taken proactive steps to make over 90 airports across the country carbon free by 2024, Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Tuesday.
The number of airports in the country will also increase to 220 in next five years, he added while attending All India Management Association national convention.
Kochi and Delhi out of total 141 in the country airports are carbon-neutral, the minister said.
“One of the first things that I did when I took over as the aviation minister was to put a carbon mapping profile of our airports. Two of our airports, Delhi and Kochi, are already carbon-neutral and India will have 92-93 carbon-neutral airports by 2024,” Scindia said at the All India Management Association national convention.
Indian airports will not just achieve the net zero target by 2030 but will likely have over 400 million passengers by then, the minister said and rejected the idea of price capping post stabilization of prices
